Ticket vending machine



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Application January 29, 1953, Serial No. 334,051 12 Claims. (Cl. 101-69)This invention relates to vending machines and more particularly tomachines for vending tickets such as are used by railroads.

Objects of this invention are to provide a ticket vending machine whichis particularly adapted for issuing tickets such as are used byrailroads, which does not need an attendant, which cannot be operated byunauthorized persons, which can be located away from the station, whichkeeps a record of its transactions, which punches both the record andthe ticket for use with punch card equipment, which will issue returntrip stubs, which can be adapted for use with reserved or Pullman space,and which advances the art generally.

A ticket machine according to the invention comprises feeding means suchas a plurality of rolls for moving Webs of paper or a like sheetmaterial along a pathway past means for impressing or applying selectedinformation, for example, the names of the originating and a selecteddestination station, upon the webs of paper. Preferably the informationimpressing means comprises a rotatable drum having a plurality of platesmounted on the inner surface of the drum so that the plates can bebrought adjacent the web of paper. Upon the opposite side of the paperfrom the selected plate is provided solenoid-operated means such as aplaten for forcibly bringing the paper into contact with the plate sothat the information upon the plate is transferred to the paper eitherby embossing, by means of an inked ribbon or otherwise. A second set ofauxiliary plates is mounted upon the inner surface of the drum adjacentthe abovementioned first set of plates. Each auxiliary plate bearsreturn trip information which is correlated with the station informationon the first plate of each pair. The selected auxiliary plate is broughtinto forcible contact with the paper by separately operable solenoidmeans. The plate also preferably includes punches whereby the web ofpaper is pierced according to a code for punch card equipment. A slideis provided for inserting in the machine a customers token preferably inthe form of a rectangular plate having at least one of its edges notchedaccording to a code so that solenoid means including spring loadedpunches will pierce the web of paper in positions corresponding to thecode notches.

These and other objects and aspects will be apparent from the followingdescription of a specific embodiment of the invention which refers todrawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a sectional view of the machine with parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the destination plates;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary end view of the plate and associated platen;

Fig. 4 is a view of the ticket issued by the machine;

Fig. 5 is a view of the token used in the machine;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of the token slide andassociated elements;

Fig. 7 is a schematic electrical wiring diagram of the machine.

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Figs. 8 and are top plan and end. views, respectively, of thesupplemental printing mechanism; and

Fig. 9 is a schematic electrical wiring diagram of the supplementalprinting mechanism.

The ticket vendor chosen for the purposes of illustration isparticularly adapted for installation in business offices and publicplaces such as hotel lobbies or in small stations where it isimpractical to maintain a station agent, or in large stations to relievecongestion at the ticket windows. As is shown in Fig. l, the vendorcomprises a horizontally disposed rotatable hollow drum 10 which isenclosed in a sheet metal housing 12. The front end of drum is open andis provided with a flange 14 whose periphery is knurled so that thedrum, which is journaled in bearings (not shown) can be manuallyrotated. On the outer surface of the drum are a plurality of nameplates, such as 16, each bearing the name of a destination railroadstation other than that at which the vendor is located. Rotating ofthedrum 10 selectively causes these name-plates 16 to appear at a window 18located in the top of the housing 12. A spring biased locking pin 20 isused to index the drum 10 exactly so that a ticket to a destinationpoint corresponding to the name-plate 16 disposed at the window 18 canbe printed as described below.

Around the inner surface of the drum 10 are secured a plurality ofdestination plates 22 each corresponding respectively to one of thename-plates 16. As is best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, each destinationplate 22 has embossed thereupon in raised characters 23 names of adestination station and the originating station at which the machine islocated. Each destination plate may also carry an insert having raisedcharacters showing the cost of the ticket and tax, and such insert maybe replaceable to accommodate changes in rates which may be made fromtime to. time. Each of the plates 22 also has a plurality of punches 24located according to code for a punch card machine corresponding to thestations so that a record can be made in the well-known manner forstatistical purposes. In the corners of each of the plates .22 aretapered aligning pins 26 for registering with corresponding apertures ina movable platen 28 with a grid of perforations for receiving thepunches 24 of the plate 22 that has been located in the adjacenteffective position by the rotation of the drum 16 as described above.

The perforated platen 28 is carried upon a yoke 30 "which is connectedwith the armature of an electromagnet 32 (Fig. 1) so that energizationof the electromagnet forces the platen against the destination plate 22thus causing the punches 24 to pierce the two adjacent webs .of paper Ptand Pr threaded therebetween as will be described below. The embossedcharacters 23 of the plate 22 simultaneously stamp the names of thestations upon the upper web of paper Pt, for example, by deformation ofthe paper or by punching holes similar to the characters (not shown)used to cancel a bank check. An inked ribbon may also be used ifdesired.

Immediately to the rear of the first set of destination plates 22 is aset of corresponding auxiliary return trip plates 34 each ofwhich issimilar to the adjacent destination plate except for the legend it bearsand the different code arrangement of the punches. The forward edge ofthe return trip plate 34 is provided with a serrated knife 35 (Fig. 1)for making transverse perforations in the web Pt when a movable platen36 is brought into token, such as the credit plate T shown in Fig. 5.With the slide in the pushed in" position shown in Fig. 6, the creditplate is immediately above a block 44 which carries a plurality ofspring loaded punches 46 in recesses in its upper face. When the punchis moved upwardly by an electromagnet 48 (Fig. l), the particularpunches 46, aligned with the slots or notches 49 (Fig. in the oppositelongitudinal edges of the credit plate, pass through the paper webs Ptand Pr into aligned apertures in the top paper guide 59. The remainingpunches 46 not aligned with the credit plate slots 49 are blocked by thebody of the credit plate T so that the paper webs Pt and Pr are punchedonly with a code corresponding to the slots in the opposite edges of thecredit plate. The arrangement of the notches 49 in every credit plateissued is different so that either the ticket formed from the web Ft orthe record web Pr can be used in an automatic tabulating machine of theconventional type to charge the ticket to the purchasers account.Carried by the inner face of guide 50 is a switch S1 positioned to beoperated by the token T as hereinafter explained.

The webs Pt and Pr then pass over a backing plate 52 and beneath ahorizontal extension 54 of the casing which has a slot or window 55therein so that the operator can sign his name with a grounded electricstylus W (Fig. 7) which forms one recording electrode. The backing plate52 is insulated from the casing extension 54 to form the other electrodeso that a current flows through the paper webs Pt and Pr which are ofany of the well-known electrosensitive recording papers that changecolor to form a permanent record upon the passage of an electric currenttherethrough. The web Pr then passes around an idler roll 56 to a powerdriven take-up reel 58 (Fig. 1). The other web Pt passes between twopower driven feed rolls 6!) and 62 and out through an aperture 59 in thefront edge of the casing, the top edge of which is serrated to permitthe ticket to be torn off by the purchaser.

Operation The credit plate T such as is shown in Fig, 5 isinserted inthe aperture in the slide 42. In order to prevent old credit plates frombeing used, the end notches 63 of the credit plate must fit keys in theslide aperture or the plate will strike the top guide 50 preventing theslide 42 from being pushed in all the way. By changing the keyarrangement of the slide 42 periodically and at the same time issuingnew credit plates a periodic check is maintained whereby old plates(such as are lost or belong to bad credit risks) cannot be used. If aproper up-to-date plate is used and the slide 42 pushed all the way in,as shown in Fig. 6, the actuator of switch s1 is operated to transferthe switch contacts so as to energize the machine. To prevent operationof the switch s1 if the slide 42 is pushed in without a credit plateinserted in the aperture therein, the switch is located to one side ofthe slide where it will not interfere with the action of the codepunches 46, but where the end of the switch actuator arm will contactone edge of the credit plate so that without a credit plate in the slideaperture, theswitch actuator arm is not depressed and the switchcontacts are not closed. To prevent juggling of the slide so that theinner end thereof will operate the switch, a longitudinal slot (notshown) is cut in the end of the slide adjacent the switch actuator arm.

As can be seen from the wiring diagram in Fig. 7, the closing of thecontacts of the switch s1, as above described, completes a circuitenergizing the electromagnets 32 and 48 from the terminals t1 and 12 ofa power supply (not shown) so that destination plate 22 and the block 44impress the punches and characters of the station, price, tax andcustomer codes, respectively, upon the webs Pt and Pr as has beendescribed above. If the manually operated return trip switch s2, whichis located upon the front of the machine, is closed, switch s1 alsoenergizes the clcctromagnet so that the return trip plate 34 also isoperated. The operation of switch s1 also energizes the reset solenoidL1 of a stepping relay R to reset the moving contact of the relay to theNo. l stationary contact. The relay R is of the type wherein the movingcontact is transferred or stepped to a sequential stationary contacteach time the actuating solenoid L2 is energized. During the steppingaction it is necessary that the circuit made by the movable relaycontact with any stationary contact is not broken until after contact ismade with the following stationary contact.

After the slide 42 has closed the normally open contacts of the switchs1 to initiate the above described actions, the purchaser uses thestylus W to write his name upon the portion of the paper web Pf which isexposed at the window 55 in the casing extension 51 so that when theticket is presented to the conductor a comparison can be made by himwith the signature impressed upon the web by the credit plate T when theweb Pt is forced against the plate by the block 44, thereby affording acheck to make certain the person using the plate is the same person towhom it was issued. The signature inscribed by means of the specialmetal stylus W (shown in Fig. 7) is electrically linked with theterminal 11 so that a recording current flows through the two webs Ptand Pr of paper to the backing plate 52. As mentioned above, the paperof both the webs Pt and Pr is electrosensitive so that the passage of anelectric current therethrough causes a chemical action which results ina permanent change in color so that the signature is visible. Thecircuit of the stylus W also includes the solenoid L3 of a sensitiveholding relay which is connected in series therewith so that as soon asthe stylus is applied to the paper the relay is energized through acircuit including the terminal t1, the normally open contacts of theswitch s1 closed by the insertion of the credit plate T as mentionedabove, the stylus W, the backing plate 52, the holding relay solenoid L3and the contacts of the stepping relay R to the terminal t2.

The energization of the holding relay solenoid L3 closes the contacts s3to complete a holding circuit in parallel with the stylus W and plate 52so that the relay does not fall out when the stylus is removed from thepaper. The energization of the holding relay solenoid L3 also closes therelay contacts s4 so that the contacts of the slideoperated switch s1return to their normal position shown in Fig. 6 when the purchaser pullsout the slide 42 to get his credit plate T, whereupon a motor M isenergized from the terminals t1 and t2 by a circuit including thenormally closed contacts of the switch s1, the relay holding contacts s4and the No. 1 contact of the stepping relay R. The takeup reel 58(Fig. 1) for the web of paper Pr, which forms the permanent record ofthe transactions and which is retained in the apparatus, and also therolls 60 and 62, which feed the Web of paper Pt through the slot in thefront wall of the housing as shown in Fig. 6, are operated by the motorM through a chain drive or other suitable means (not shown).

The motor M also operates a commutator C which every half revolutioncompletes a circuit between the terminals t1 and t2 which includes theswitch s1, the holding relay contacts s4, the commutator C and theactuating solenoid L2 of the stepping relay R so that for every halfrevolution of the motor shaft, the moving contact advances one stepuntil the stationary contact No. 10-

is reached. If the switch s5, which is mechanically linked with switchs2 and whose purpose is described below, is open, the circuit to themotor M is interrupted when the moving contact reaches the stationarycontact No. 10 so that the paper feed is stopped. The diameter of thefeed rolls 60 and 62 is correlated with the number of relay steps sothat when the motor M is stopped, the paper web Pt has been advancedsufficiently so that an amount equal to the length of a one-way ticketextends beyond the housing extension 54 and the purchaser removes itfrom the remainder web Pt by tearing it offalong the serrated edge whichforms the top of the housing slot.

if a return trip ticket is to be urchased, the switch s5 is closedconjointly with the operation of the switch 52 by the mechanical link soas electrically to connect the stationary contacts and 11 in parallelwith contacts l to 9 of the stepping relay R so that the motor M makestwo additional half revolutions to feed the additional paper requiredfor the return trip stub before the power supply to the motor isinterrupted by the movement of the moving contact to the open contact12. In either case when the stepping relay R opens the energizingcircuit of the motor M, it also opens the circuit of the holding relaysolenoid L3 so that the relay drops out and the machine is ready toprint the next ticket.

The above described vending machine may be adapted for the sale ofreserved or Pullman tickets by providing a telephone (not shown) so thatthe purchaser can call a reservation clerk either by means of a directtelephone line or through the public telephone system. The purchasergives the clerk the number of the vending machine from which he iscalling and the type of accommodation desired. The clerk confirms thereservation verbally. This information is also printed upon the ticketby means of the printing wheels 7t) which are mounted to rotateseparately upon a common shaft 71, as is shown in Fig. 8. The peripheryof each Wheel bears appropriate numerals or letters so that by therotating thereof, as described below, an appropriate legend can beimpressed upon ticket to identify the train, date, the reservation, andthe price of the ticket and tax. Formed integrally with each of thewheels 70 is a gear 72 which engages the teeth of an associated rack 74so that a punch 76 extending upwardly from one end of the respectiveracks is moved as the correlated wheel is rotated. The wheels 70 arepositioned beneath the paper webs between the electromagnets 32 and 48(Fig. 1), the axis of the supporting shaft 71 being disposed in thedirection of movement of the paper webs so that the punches 76 are movedtransversely of the webs as the respective wheels 70 are rotated.

As is shown in Figs. 8 and 10, the mechanism for rotating each of therespective wheels 70 comprises an electromagnet such as the solenoid 78at the end of whose armature is carried a spring loaded pawl 80 whichengages the teeth upon the correlated gear 72 so that each time thesolenoid is energized, the corresponding wheel is moved one step tobring the succeeding numeral or letter to the uppermost position on theperiphery of the wheel. The rack is conjointly moved so that the punch76 assumes a relative position transversely of the paper webscorresponding to the uppermost numeral of letter.

The supporting shaft 71 for the wheels 70 and the solenoids '78 aremounted upon a plate 81 (Fig. 10) which is raised by the energization ofa solenoid L6 to impress the legend of the Wheels 70 upon the paper websand conjointly causing the punches 76 to pierce the paper webs therebyto code the ticket for an automatic accounting machine. The paper Websare preferably backed by a platen 84 having a plurality of perforations86 therein which are arranged in aligned rows to re, ceive the punches76.

The above described solenoids '78 are energized by the reservation clerkto position the printing wheels 70 and the punches 76 by means of thecontrol circuit shown in Fig. 9, wherein the normally open contacts s6are similar to those used in an automatic telephone, being closed anyselected number of times by means of a manually rotatable dial. The dialcontrolled contacts s6 are located in the office of the reservationclerk and electrically interconnected with the remaining circuitelements by means of wires w which may be the telephone line used forcalling the clerk.

Each closing of the contacts of the switch s6 by the first operation ofthe dial by the reservation clerk completes a circuit between theterminals t1 and ll of the 6 power source for operating the vendingmachine which circuit also includes the first solenoid '78 and the timeopening contacts s7 of a time delay relay L4 thereby successively toenergize the solenoid a plurality of times corresponding to the selectedaperture in the contact operating dial. Each time the solenoid 78 isenergized the wheel 79 is advanced one step by the pawl 80 so that byselecting of the dial aperture a corresponding character is positionedby the wheel and punch 76. The first closing of the contacts s6 alsocompletes a circuit through the normally closed contacts s8 of a holdingrelay L5 energizing the operating solenoid thereof to close a normallyopen contact s9 before the contacts s8 are opened. The closing of thecontacts s9 completes a holding circuit directly linking the relaysolenoid with the power supply terminal t1, so that the solenoid remainsenergized subsequent to the electrical isolation thereof from the dialcontacts s6 by the opening of the contacts s8. The operation of theholding relay L5 also closes the normally open contacts s10 to energizethe solenoid of the time delay relay L4 from the terminals t1 and t2start the timing period thereof.

The time delay relay L4 is set to transfer its s7 and s11 after anelapse of a time period which is slightly longer than is required forthe closing of the contacts s6 the maximum number of times permitted byone operation of the dial. After the end of such period the contact .57opens isolating the solenoid 78 and conjointly closes the contacts .911so that the second operation of the dial closes the contacts s6 causingthe second solenoid, which is designated 78 in Fig. 9, to be energized anumber of times corresponding to the selected closings of the contactsthus moving the second wheel 70 into the desired position. The holdingrelay L5 and the time delay relay L4 operate similarly to the relays L5and L4 as described in detail heretofore so that the solenoid (notshown) controlling the third wheel 76 is energized by third operation ofthe dial contacts s6. The remaining wheels 70 required to designate thereservation train,

date and other information desired, are operated by similar solenoidsand relays of which only the last solenoid 78 and associated relays L4and L5" are shown (the others being interposed at x), are positioned bysuccessive operations of the dial controlling the contacts s6.

The closing of the contacts 51111 of the last time delay relay L4energizes the printing solenoid L6 raising the wheels 70 and the punches76 into contact with the paper webs, the circuit energizing the solenoidbeing interrupted by the opening of the contacts of a limit switch s12which is tripped by the supporting plate 81 at the uppermost limit ofits travel. Connected in parallel with the solenoid L6 and the switchs12 is the operating solenoid of a time delay relay L7 which after theelapse of a time period suificiently long to complete the printingmovement of the wheels 70, closes the relay contacts s13 to energize aresetting solenoid L8 from the power supply terminals t1 and t2.

The armature of the solenoid L8 is connected to one end of a lever 88(Fig. 7) whose fulcrum is at 96. The other end of the lever is slotted,slidingly to engage the pin 92 extending through one end of a push rod94. At the other end of the rod 94 is a transverse member 96 whichengages the ends of the racks 74 to return them to their originalpositions when the solenoid L8 is energized as described heretofore. Asthe transverse member 96 reaches the end of its travel wherein the racks74 are returned to their original position, the member actuates a switchs14 (Fig. 9) whose normally closed contacts open momentarily tode-energize all the solenoids and relays so that the various switchesand contacts return to their original positions.

The device may be adapted to the issue on credit of off line tickets, i.e., tickets covering passage to a destination not a through train of theoriginating carrier.

For this purpose the passenger calls the clerk at the terminal by use ofthe telephone hereinbefore described. The clerk thereupon inserts aprepared rectangular disc suitably perforated to actuate a remotecontrolled printing device of any well known type contained in themachine at the customers position. This printing device actuates andimprints the customers token (which he inserts at the proper point) uponone web of the roll of paper, the date, a serial number and the ticketfor the journey in a continuous strip divided into sections for thecarrier involved in such order so that the first coupon is at the endfirst to be detached, and the imprint of the customers token, is at theother end of the strip for a one Way ticket, or in the center in case ofa round trip ticket.

The printing device in the machine also reproduces on a tape byperforations or electronic impressions, the record of the ticket sold,similarly divided, so that the charges may be apportioned among thecarriers, and for this purpose a clearing house arrangement isrecommended.

While I have shown and described desirable embodiments of the invention,it is to be understood that this disclosure is for the purpose ofillustration and that various changes and modifications may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as setforth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A vending machine for railroad tickets or the like comprising meansdefining a pathway for a web of electrosensitive paper, a drum journaledrotatably to enclose the pathway-defining means, a plurality of platesarranged circumferentially about the inner surface of the drum, saidplates being divided into equal axially spaced sets so that rotation ofthe drum selectively brings the respective pairs of plates into aneffective position adjacent the web of paper each of the first set ofplates having raised characters including information representingoriginating and destination railroad stations, each of the otherauxiliary set of plates having raised characters representing returntrip information correlated with the station information on thecorresponding first plate of the pair, two solenoid operated platenseach being located respectively upon the opposite side of the web ofpaper from the plate of the corresponding set which is in the effectiveposition so that the energization of either solenoid brings the paperinto forcible contact with the corresponding plate so that theinformation conveyed by the raised portions of the plate is transferredthereto, a slide for inserting a coded token in the machine, solenoidoperated means controlled by the code upon said token for impressingcoded information upon the web of paper including the name of the personto whom the token Was issued, feeding means for intermittently movingthe web along the pathway, and an electric circuit including anelectrically conducting stylus and a backing member therefor which formsa portion of said pathway for the web, the application of said stylus tothe portion of the web supported by said backing member when the user ofthe token inscribes confirming identification thereupon completing saidcircuit to cause a marking current to flow through said web, the webfeeding means being interconnected with said circuit so that itsoperation can be initiated only upon the flow of marking current throughsaid circuit.

2. A ticket vending machine according to claim 1, wherein the token is aplate at least one of whose edges is notched according to apredetermined code and the solenoid operated means includes for springloaded punches for passing through the notches in the plate to piercethe web of paper.

3. A ticket vending machine according to claim 2, wherein the tokenplate has raised characters embossed thereupon and the solenoid operatedmeans move the plate into contact with the token plate into contact withthe paper to transfer the impression of the raised characters thereto.

4. A ticket vending machine comprising a manually operable markingimplement, means for feeding along a predetermined pathway a web ofsheet material sensitive to the application thereto of said markingimplement, printing means disposed adjacent said pathway for impressinginformation upon said web, means for inserting a token in said machine,means responsive to the insertion of a token in said machine foretfecting the operation of said printing means, and an electric circuitinclud ing means for operating the web feeding means and a circuitclosing means responsive to the application of the marking implement tosaid web, whereby the operation of said web feeding means can beinitiated only upon the application of said marking implement to saidweb.

5. A ticket vending machine comprising a manually operable markingimplement, means for feeding along a predetermined pathway a web ofsheet material sensitive to the application thereto of said markingimplement, printing means disposed adjacent said pathway for impressinginformation upon said web, means for inserting a token in said machine,means responsive to the insertion of a token in said machine foreffecting the operation of said printing means, and an electric circuitincluding means for operating the web feeding means and a circuitclosing means operative only when the token has been inserted in saidmacilme and responsive to the application of the marking implement tosaid web, whereby the operation of the web feeding means can beinitiated only upon the application of said marking implement to saidweb.

6. A ticket vending machine comprising a manually operable electricstylus, means for feeding along a predetermined pathway a Web ofelectrosensitive sheet material sensitive to the application thereto ofsaid marking implement, printing means disposed adjacent said pathwayfor impressing information upon said paper, means for inserting a tokenin said machine, means responsive to the insertion of a token in saidmachine for operating the information impressing means, and an electriccircuit including means for operating the web feeding means and acircuit closing means comprising said stylus operative only when thetoken has been inserted in said machine and responsive to theapplication of the stylus to said web, whereby the operation of said webfeeding means can be initiated only upon the application of said stylusto said web.

7. A ticket vending machine comprising means for feeding along apredetermined pathway a web of sheet material, manually settable meansdisposed adjacent said pathway for imparting selected information uponsaid web, means for receiving a token in said machine, means responsiveto the insertion of a token into the machine for actuating theinformation imparting means and to condition the web feeding means, andan electric circuit including means for effecting the actuation of theinformation imparting means and circuit closing means comprising amarking means operated by the user of said token to close said circuiton contact with said web after the reception of a token in said machine,thereby to effect the actuation of the web feeding means.

8. A ticket vending machine comprising a manually operable markingimplement, means for feeding along a predetermined pathway a web ofsheet material sensitive to the application thereto of said markingimplement, means disposed adjacent said pathway for impressinginformation upon said web, means for inserting a token in said machine.means responsive to the insertion of a token in said machine foractuating the information impressing means, and an electric circuitincluding means for effecting the actuation of the informationimpressing means and the web feeding means and circuit closing meansresponsive to the presence of a token in said machine and theapplication of the marking implement to said web to effect the operationof the web feeding means.

9. A ticket vending machine according to claim 8, wherein a second webis fed in superposed relation to the first web so that information isimpressed upon both webs simultaneously.

10. A ticket vending machine according to claim 9, wherein said machinehas a discharge aperture, means for ejecting one web through saidaperture so that the printed ticket can be torn off by the vendee, andmeans for retaining the other web in the machine as a permanent record.

11. A ticket vending machine according to claim 8, wherein the means forimpressing information upon the paper comprises a manually rotatabledrum having a plurality of plates, each of which has characters arrangedto correspond with predetermined information, the plates being disposedabout the inner surface of the drum so that rotation thereof selectivelybrings the plates into operative position adjacent the pathway of thepaper.

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